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Debbie Mattox, who owned the Sasquatch Zoo for 23 years before selling it last year to the Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge, has been charged with cruelty to animals.

Northwest Florida State College's Costa Leadership Institute is accepting applications for the 2014-2015 Leadership Okaloosa program.

During the national Click It or Ticket campaign, Crestview Police Department officers issued 153 seatbelt tickets.

Young Okaloosa County students struggling in a traditional school environment will soon have another education option. Beginning in August, about 40 fourth- and fifth-graders will attend LEAP (Learni…

Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton county schools received nearly $440 million in total Florida Education Finance Program dollars, with each county’s percentage increase being above the state average.

Baker Memories Day, featuring Lunch on the Porch, is 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 21 at 1307 Georgia Ave., Baker.

CRESTVIEW — Although many of the 373 graduating seniors will reminisce about their time at Crestview High School, they are already looking ahead to the future.

LAUREL HILL — The Rev. Mike McVay of Laurel Hill First Baptist Church dispensed words of support and congratulatory hugs around the classroom where the school's seniors prepared for their Friday nig…

BAKER — Malcolm Griffith is glad he overcame pain to join 96 classmates for Baker School's high school graduation

CRESTVIEW — Tasha Carter, an assistant to Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, says that residents, particularly seniors, can expect scams to evolve.